Syracuse State School
The Syracuse State School was a residential facility in Syracuse, New York for mentally disabled children and adults. Founded in 1851 in Albany, New York as the New York State Asylum for Idiots, its first director was Hervey B. Wilbur, a student of Edward Seguin (another of Seguin's students was Maria Montessori). In 1855 the facility moved to a new building in Syracuse where it was known as the New York Asylum for Idiots or the State Idiot Asylum. Over the next hundred years the institution went through several name changes, including the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, the Syracuse State School for Mental Defectives, and finally the Syracuse State School. The school was closed and torn down in the 1970s.
Sources
- James Thornton Correspondence finding aid
- New York State Asylum for Idiots at rootsweb.com
- "A Short History of Hospitals in Syracuse", Upstate Medical University Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections
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